STRATOVARIUS: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS will release their thirteenth full-length studio album, "Elysium", in Asia on January 12, 2011 via JVC and in the rest of the world on January 14, 2011 through earMUSIC/Edel.

Check out audio samples of all the songs that will appear on the CD at Amazon.co.uk.

"Elysium" will be released as a regular CD; a deluxe digipak edition with bonus track; a "collector's edition" (featuring two exclusive bonus tracks on a seven-inch single); and on vinyl.

The cover artwork was created by Gyula Havancsák and can be viewed below.

"Polaris", the 2009 comeback album from STRATOVARIUS, was reissued as a two-CD digipak on May 21 via earMUSIC/Edel. In addition to the original album, the package includes a bonus disc containing 75 minutes of live material recorded during the "Polaris" tour and spanning the band's entire history.

STRATOVARIUS' first CD since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki, "Polaris" was released in the U.S. in May 2009 via Armoury Records (a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment).

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